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http://freestoriesforkids.com/short-stories

http://albalearning.com/audiolibros/textosparalelos.html

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This book taught me how to appreciate our solar system and beyond as a child. Cost less than 10 bucks on amazon. Don’t forget that it came with audio tapes as well… sound effects really puts you there.

Adventures in the Solar System: Planetron and Me

Adventures Beyond the Solar System: Planetron and Me

Author is Geoffrey T. Williams

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It’s OK To Be Different by Todd Parr is a great one.

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/4FreeInAllenCounty is a new group in Allen County where you can post that you are offering these books.

Any daycare would welcome them!

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if you want to make money from home with writing articles/blogs/stories, check out this site

http://make-money-for-home-writers.blogspot.com/

you can earn $450 per story

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The Holy Bible.

Edit: I realize what you really wanted…but I did give you the correct answer.

For what it’s worth, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows had the largest first printing in US history…though Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is still the best selling novel of all time.

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A query letter is a letter you send to a publishing company you are interested in sending your manuscript to. All publishing houses are different, and the majority of them do not accept unsolicited works. This would mean you would have to work with an agent to help you get published. Your book will be copyrighted after it is published. If you are looking to make your book a best seller, you will have to get yourself recognized as a writer. First, start submitting short stories, prose, poetry, etc., to accepting publications like magazines, literary journals, chap books. Once you have made a name for yourself, agents and publishers will start to take you more seriously.

On the other hand, you could self-publish. You would have to do all of your own marketing and pay quite a bit out of pocket.

I am not sure what kind of book you have written, but I do know of some fantasy/science fiction publishers that are currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts. If you’re interested in trading correspondence, feel free to drop me an email:

llewellynmcellis@alltel.net

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people just aint buying it like they used to

get it lol

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All “for a few dollars more”

Of late it has become a fashion and fad to say some thing like this about Indian cricketers and administrators. Earlier Gilly did it. Nothing new or surprising.

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Quentin Blake did all the illustrations for Dahl, so all you have to do is find a list of Blake’s work and find the book you are looking for. Simple!

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This is the most difficult area of publishing to break into. I just finished ghostwriting two children’s books for a very major publisher (one of the giants) and a celebrity who shall go unnamed.

This is how the children’s book market breaks down right now.

1) About 40% of the market is controlled by celebrities like Madonna, Jamie Lee Curtis etc. Celebrity kids books sell.

2) Another 40% is controlled by tried and true kids authors like Eric Carle etc. They sell too.

3) Another 15 – 20% is controlled by reprints of classic kids books like Curious George etc. They sell also.

That leaves at best 5% for new authors. And lately adult authors like Carl Hiaasen and one of those Higgins Clark women have entered the kids market – reducing your 5% and practically slamming the door on new authors.

In addition, major publishers like the one I write for have huge backlogs of books they have contracted with but haven’t gotten out yet. Kids books take a LONG time to come out.

Therefore, many major publishers including the one I write for have stopped even reading kids books. As a result, agents don’t want to read it either. Not if they can’t sell it.

Unless it is a very exceptional book, it doesn’t have much of a chance in the current market. Spend an hour in Barnes and Noble’s kids dept. and note what books are there. It will confirm this information. You will see almost exactly the breakdown I have described here. I got that info from an exec at the publisher I write for.

The best you can hope for is to go to the library and get a copy of LIterary Marketplace from the research section and start studying it. Search for smaller publishers who are still looking for kids books. Make notes – you cannot check the book out. Then go online and google the heck out of the names and make sure you don’t find any bad info about them. Visit Preditors and Editors and Absolute Write Water Cooler Bewares and Background Checks for info on the baddies out there. There are many.

Make sure you do not send any material to anybody until you are sure they are legit. Otherwise it is lost to you. Then follow submission guidelines and go for it. It is a terribly hard market to break into. A couple books with a small company may help open the doors a little bit for you later on.

Authors have to do research. You have to go to a bookstore and learn your market. Find out what sells and what doesn’t. One more hint … forget about holiday type books all together. They have too short a selling time and publishers are flooded with them. They get declined first.

Hope that helps. Even though it is not great news. Pax – C

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If your talking about toddlers to Gr.1 they absolutely LOVE animals. They like learning about how their lifestyles are different from other living things and the pictures also seem to amuse them.

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There are several ways to get a book published:
a) Self publish and then hussle the stores for book-signings and the like.
b) W/ an agent – though this is changing – who will charge you a % plus $100 – 300 to preview your work. There is no guarantee they will find a publisher.
c) Try and find a publisher yourself. Remember, what is immortal prose to you is either profit or loss to them. They are a business.
d) Writer’s Market is THE book listing publishers and their fields. The library most likely has one. It comes out each year and some used books stores carry some that are 1 or 4 years old. They also have an on-line site.
A. Hoy’s Writer’s Weekly can also provide advice.

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I have this link of stories we used to read as kids..I am not sure if that what you had in mind but maybe you can check it out! It is a forum where people put the stories they have for download..
http://www.rewity.com/vb/f117/

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write your book in your own language- if your English is not very good, you probably wont get a publisher, unless you get someone to edit your entire manuscript first.

You need to get a best seller in your own market and then, once publishers can see that they can make money from you, they will buy the rites to translate it.

Anyway, go for it, many have done it before, so why not you!!

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because it showcases through the narration of a 5 year old on how she matured and came to the realization of the injustice and inequalities , the good and evil in her surrounding environment at the time (1960′s??) the prejudice and such.
She learned how even though one gives off a bad outlook they can be misjudged and are truly good (boo radley)

I think its good because it really is the thoughts of a little girl, one who blurts things not knowing it is wrong (the part where she tells her new teacher that one of the kids is too poor) and by the end of the book she really has matured from her experiences.

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Here are some of my favorite books, i left out the vampire ones but not everyone likes to read the same things, if you ever want to give vampire books another try, i suggest the Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith, they are a VERY VERY VERY close second to Twilight for me.

The ones with the most stars are my favorites.
good luck and happy reading!

-Wake by Lisa McMann **********
-The Secret Circle By L.J. Smith *****
-Generation Dead by Daniel Waters ****
-Bliss By Lauren Myracle ***
-The summoning By Kelley Armstrong ****
-Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr ***
-13 Reasons why BY Jay Asher **********
-Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson ****
-Go ask alice by anonymous ***
-Cut by Patricia McCormick ****
-Fragments by Jeffry w. Johnston ****
-Impulse, Burned, Glass, and Crank by Ellen Hopkins **********

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If the Bible is the real-deal, the Word of God, then we have a book that answers the issues of life. Therefore, it is very important to determine IF the Bible is reliable. The Bible is a collection of 66 books (39 Old Testament, 27 New Testament) written over a period of 1500 years by approximately 40 different authors about creation, history, prophecy and Gods plan for all of creation. This fact is a miracle ALL by itself!

How can 40 different authors over a period of 1500 years write a collection of work that doesn’t contradict itself?? It can not do this without Divine intervention! Facts and principles such as the earth being round Isaiah 40:22 , earth being suspended in nothing Job 26:7 , valleys in the seas 2 Samuel 22:16 , sanitation Deuteronomy 23:12,13 , quarantine Leviticus 13:45-46 , and blood being the source of life Leviticus 17:11 (DNA) ALL these scientific findings were recorded in the Bible hundreds (sometimes thousands) of years before they were “discovered” by scientists. These are just a few examples, there are many, many more.

Who else but God could have revealed such things that were unknown to man – and yet would later be discovered and confirmed? GOD knew because he created them all! Hundreds of prophecies have been documented! Prophecy is a promise from God of what is to come. Unlike other books and false religions whose predictions have come and gone (and failed) the Bible has never missed. Consider Psalm 22:12-18 which describes the crucifixion of Christ. Now consider that this book was written 1,000 years before Christ was even born, and at least 600 years before crucifixion existed! This is just ONE example regarding Jesus, there are hundreds more.

Google “fulfilled prophecy” There are many ministries, scientists and historians whose work exclusively deals with prophecy. It seems pretty clear at this point that a book written by so many different people over such a period of time containing all of these undiscovered scientific principles and specific predictions about people, places, and events with 100% accuracy could only be the product of something supernatural – God. He tells us in 2 Timothy 3:16 that he is the author. The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in 1947, are an overwhelming source of confirmation. These scrolls contain manuscripts about 1,000 years older than what we previously had… and they all match! It takes a lot more blind faith to ignore the Bible than it does to accept it as divine and reliable. Many intelligent and scholarly skeptics have set out to disprove the Bible and God’s existence only to find overwhelming evidence that God does exist and the Bible is His Word. Jesus says if you seek him honestly He will personally make himself known.

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a great work of literature and a bestseller have very little in common

to write a bestseller, be a sensationalist, and hype up some rubbish to make it look like everyone’s lives are in need of it. that, or write about vampires

to write a great literary piece, become a drunk, gamble, do drugs, mess up your life, pour all your pain into the pages, then add some poetry, and die. living writers never get the respect of classical literature ponces

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It depends on how you want to publish. If you want to pay to have them edited/published- I can’t really help you.

I self-published through Lulu.com Lulu gives you the opportunity to also sell your books through Amazon.com However, you’d have to have the stories already pre-formatted, typed, and on the computer in a PDF file format.

For you, however, I think you’d need to dig a little deeper by looking into publishing companies. Can you not access a computer? I’m thinking most publishers/companies would prefer to have them typed. If they’re not typed, it might cost you extra money to have it published (extra work for them)

I’d get your work typed first, honestly. And I don’t know about hand drawn work, since I illustrated on Photoshop.

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the little critter series mercer mayer author

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As far as who to send it to, we can’t answer that question because we have NO knowledge of what your manuscript is about. Different publishers specialize in different things, and even within the realm of “children’s books” there are different types of stories.

The only thing that your age will affect is your ability to sign a contract. Your parent or guardian will need to sign it with you because you are not of age yet.

So do your own homework. Take a look at the most recent “Writer’s Market”… or even better, try the “Guide to Literary Agents”.

I absolutely suggest getting an agent instead of approaching publishers directly. Since you are not a contract attorney, so you will need someone to look over any offers and to guide you through the publishing world. It seems that you have a lot to learn about the way publishing works, so they can be your guide through the tricky parts. Many amateur writers inadvertently give away a LOT of their rights for no money. Why skip an agent when they can save you from these headaches?

Also, you will not be seding your manuscript to agents or publishers unsolicited! Send them a query letter and see if they ask to see a partial, then a full. If you send the whole thing, it will just get you a form rejection letter. Research each agent’s specific submission guidelines and follow their rules!

Here are four websites that can help. Read them thoroughly (especially Miss Snark– love her!) and research, research, research! These can help you determine if the agent is legit or not:

http://misssnark.blogspot.com/

http://www.agentquery.com/

http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/

http://www.publishersmarketplace.com

Again, read Miss Snark. She has attitude, but is a real-life agent and her archives can answer any questions you possibly have. Read, read, read. When you pick up “Writer’s Market” or “Guide to Literary Agents”, don’t just look at the listings, read them!

And don’t submit to anyone on this list:

http://www.sfwa.org/beware/twentyworst.html

You will face a lot of rejection, but if you really want this then keep at it! Work hard, and good luck!

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I love that book!

It’s called “Mystery at Cranberry Farm” by Lynn Manuel.

Unfortunately, it’s out of print. However, some libraries still carry it. I know it’s at the Fraser Valley Regional Library in British Columbia. It also shows up occasionally at used book stores.

Your memory is very good, all the details you list are accurate except that there are three kids (Trish, Teddy, and Tory), not two. It is set in the Okanagan Valley and they are staying with a Great Aunt for the summer.

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Purple House Press is reprinting old, out of print children’s books:

http://www.purplehousepress.com/

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No. I’ve read both, and they are not connected. Some of the characters are similar, and you can see this, but the Maximum Ride books are for younger readers. The nature of the experiments, and the horrific nature (and number of failures) of that kind of genetic engineering is toned down. Max’s anatomy is also changed somewhat to make for an easier character to write about. The tone is different also, with When the Wind Blows being far more serious. Two completely separate stories, but a common idea.
Just read Maximum Ride, I enjoyed them more.

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Stuff becomes public domain after their author has died +50-70 years, depending on where you live. You’re definitely not going to face any issues in this.

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There are SOOO many good books from the late 20th century, but the best ones are pretty different from your classic Dickens/Austen formats. If you get away from bestsellers and head more into “literature”, then prepare to be a bit more challenged and a lot more unsettled. :]

A lot of greats have been named already, but I’d like to add a few from the early-mid 20th century, which will lead you nicely into the more recent stuff (just note that there’s a lot more sex and swearing in 20th Century literature):

Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
Tropic of Cancer – Henry Miller
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell
The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Animal Farm – George Orwell
In Cold Blood – Truman Capote
Ulysses – James Joyce [I don't know anyone who finished this the first time they tried]
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
Lady Chatterley’s Lover – DH Lawrence
The Quiet American – Graham Greene
The Naked and the Dead – Norman Mailer
Slouching Towards Bethlehem – Joan Didion
The Sound and the Fury – William Faulkner
The Maltese Falcon – Dashiell Hammett

More recently, I’d vote for these ones:

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres
One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Atonement – Ian McEwan
The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
The Color Purple – Alice Walker
Cider House Rules – John Irving
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
Roots – Alex Haley
Suite Francaise – Irene Nemirovsky
Ragtime – E. L. Doctorow
Gravity’s Rainbow – Thomas Pynchon
Schindler’s Ark – Thomas Keneally


Modern Library has a great list of 20th Century classics, compiled both by them and by their readers:
http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/

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Heath Ledger.
His smile made me smile

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Hey,

You can look for writing jobs at

http://www.freelance-projects.info/category/copywriting/

http://www.freelance-projects.info/category/translation/

http://www.freelance-projects.info/category/writing/

Best of Luck

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The fact of the matter is, even the big commercial publishers don’t do all that much to promote the books they publish. They have their marketing & promotions budgets worked out well in advance, and they have set ways of promoting books. In fact, the big publishers generally know in advance which books are going to sell well (ie which books they’re going to put a lot of money behind) and which ones are going to just drift away to the remainder pile.

These days, even if you publish with a major publisher, writers are expected to help with the marketing and promotion of their books. In fact, the effort a writer puts in can help make their book sell better than the publisher planned for it to.

Things are rough everywhere these days. Publishers have only a limited amount of money with which to promote the books they publish, and they tend to go through the same promotional channels over and over. A writer who has some creative marketing ideas can really make a difference in the promotion and sales of their book — no matter how large or small of a publisher they’re working with.

There are several good books on do-it-yourself book marketing. Do some searches on Google and Amazon and check a few of them out. You might be surprised at how much fun — and how do-able — some of these techniques sound. And, with a few of these ideas in your arsenal, any publisher you approach is going to know you’re savvy about how to sell your book — and that’s going to make you look like somebody they want to partner with, somebody they want to publish.

Good luck!

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Most of this is computerized now. Either the illustrator designs with a computer program, or draws by hand and the picture is later scanned into a computer.

Designs and text are printed the same way anything from a computer is printed. Although book publishers have printers that are more extensive than a desktop printer. If you want to know more about the technology of printers, I would recommend looking at a more tech-oriented category.

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“Sydney Clair’s Season of Change” by Pam Davis

http://www.amazon.com/Sydney-Clairs-Season-Change-Friendship/dp/1934068500/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233688808&sr=1-2

“Sydney Clair Wilcox is a determined, curious tenyearold trying to keep up with all the changes around her. The year is 1965 and her beloved, big sister, Penny, is moving away to college. In the middle of the civil rights, womens rights and environmental movements, Sydney Clairs world is changing. Discover how her heart is made ready for the next season of her life and how she prepares for a fragrant friendship that blooms. Similar to the American Girl series model, Girls n Grace follows several characters who are set in modern decades.”

http://www.amazon.com/Imaginative-Sydney-Paige-J-D-Edwards/dp/1425796613/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233689072&sr=1-22

“Sydney’s Travels Through Dreamland”

http://www.amazon.com/Sydneys-Travels-Through-Dreamland-Part/dp/1424136903/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233689282&sr=1-30

“On a summer day, young Sydney is sitting on a swing, wishing the she was away on an adventure like those she sees on TV or reads about in books. Her wish soon comes true, when a clown waves to her. She follows him into the woods, and enters a world of wonder and beauty. The greatest adventure of Sydney’s life has begun.”

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Yeah, but he can’t sleep becuase he knows there warren is in danger from a housing development. I really can’t’ remember the name but we done it in our Year 7 comprehension test. I’m so sorry i know the book but can’t remember the name! The only other close is Watership Downs

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That is a cool thing that you are doing for the community.

I heard on 1010WINS that you can donate books to the Thorpe Family Residence. I checked them out and they also accept donations of second-hand clothing, household articles, toys and videos.

You can call them at 718-295-2550 to see which location you have to drop it off at.

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“The Golden Compass” by Philip Pullman

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If you download utorrent, you can download books to it from mininova.org all in about a minute.
I did that yesterday because I couldn’t find my freaking book.

You can also donwload movies, music, etc form them.

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It is very simple morons keep on reproducing and there will never be a shortage.

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Here you go ~

http://www.groovefactory.com/

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If you tend to like those types of books, then yes, I’d say they’re worth reading. Those types of books appeal to many people, and a lot of people read the books Oprah recommends and love them. Whether or not they’re worth reading is based on your personal preferences regarding book genres.

I hope this helps!

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Here are some idea’s.

i believe in unicorns – michael morpurgo
Wind In The Willows – Dont know who wrote that
Guess How Much I Love You – Sam Mcbratney
Varouis Disney Books Eg, Lion King, 101 Dalmation’s and Lady and the tramp
Ketchup On Your Cornflakes – Nick Sharratt

Depends what the book is about. If the book is a active book like pulling stuff out and opening flaps then a big book is better. If the book is a story then a small book is good.

GOOD STORY LINE

A children’s book usaly has a moral. You learn something at the end of the book.
This book is a GREAT example of that – Bringing down the moon – Jonathan Emmett

Hope this helped.

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They were called Choose Your Own Adventure; they covered a wide variety of topics. Here are some you could choose:
“Your Very Own Robot”
http://www.amazon.com/Your-Very-Robot-Choose-Adventure/dp/1933390522/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=Your parents are scientists and inventors. One day, they throw some pieces of a robot into the trash. If you can figure out how to put the pieces together, you’ll have a robot of your very own! But do you know enough to control it? Are you ready for the adventure your very own robot will bring will bring?
Do you dare dive into a vat of ice cream to save your robot?
Do you take your robot to with you school?
Should you try and fight off the Pirates who want your robot?
YOU choose what happens next! Good luck…”
“House of Danger”

http://www.amazon.com/House-Danger-Choose-Your-Adventure/dp/1933390069/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213973470&sr=1-12

“You and YOU ALONE are in charge of what happens in this story.

There are dangers, choices, adventures and consequences. YOU must use all of your numerous talents and much of your enormous intelligence. The wrong decision could end in disaster – even death. But, don’t despair. At any time, YOU can go back and make another choice, alter the path of your story, and change its result.

You are a clever young detective. You get a mysterious call for help. Your GPS caller ID traces the caller’s name and location. You go with your friends Ricardo and Lisa to investigate the site. A Civil War-era prison once stood at this spot, but no knowledge of American history could prepare you for what you are about to encounter there now!”

http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Under-Choose-Your-Adventure/dp/1933390026/ref=pd_sim_b_2

http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Maya-Choose-Your-Adventure/dp/1933390050/ref=pd_sim_b_4

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Jewels-Nabooti-Choose-Adventure/dp/1933390042/ref=pd_sim_b_3

http://www.amazon.com/Abominable-Snowman-Choose-Your-Adventure/dp/1933390018/ref=pd_sim_b_1

http://www.amazon.com/Race-Forever-Choose-Your-Adventure/dp/1933390077/ref=pd_sim_b_4

http://www.amazon.com/Prisoner-People-Choose-Your-Adventure/dp/1933390107/ref=pd_sim_b_9

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Most publishers have a childrens department. Write to as many as you can and or betterstil, visit a book shop and make notes from the books in stock.

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The best place to obtain these types of books is our good old friend, The Public Library, if they do not have one in stock, they will try to get a copy for you and it will cost you nothing.

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Children Just Like Me by Anabel Kindersley and Barnabas Kindersley

Celebrations by Anabel Kindersley and Barnabas Kindersley

A Life Like Mine by DK Publishing

Wake Up, World!: A Day in the Life of Children Around the World by Beatrice Hollyer

Let’s Eat: What Children Eat Around the World by Beatrice Hollyer

Children from Australia to Zimbabwe: A Photographic Journey Around the World by Maya Ajmera

Houses and Homes (Around the World Series) by Ann Morris

On the Go (Around the World Series) by Ann Morris

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Dunno. I know that lots of teenage girls now kinda want to write about a vampire story…probably because they thought Twilight or whatever other book was cool, so they thought it’d be cool to write about a vampire.
I don’t know why there are so many vampire books, other than the possible reason I gave you, but the books that the teenage girls write probably aren’t actual books…so I still don’t know why there are so many vampire books.

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Yes, conflict is an excellent place to start. Conflict drives action and resolution and any good plot out there you will find. I would suggest taking a close look at the stories, novels, movies, etc that you love and study their plots and find out why they are so compelling. What is the conflict? What motivates the characters? How does the story move? How is the plot resolved?

Think about what kind of actions will keep your story moving. The descriptions, your ideas, characters, etc, will just help the plot be lush. There needs to be action, events that keep the plot moving.

Every plot at its heart has already been done before. Not saying you need to reskin your favorite novel, but break them down to their simplest elements and become inspired from there. It’s okay to borrow, art is mostly plagiarism, anyway. Find your own twist, and please make it interesting!

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Hi there,

The easiest thing I can think of is the Amazon list. It can be found here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/ref=pd_ts_b_ldr

Cheers
S

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Unfortunately you don’t get paid based on the spot your novel occupies on the New York Times best seller’s list.

Particularly if you are a new, unproven, writer.

For you first work you will not get very much. If you have a good agent you will hold on to the film rights and few other goodies, but most likely you will get a reasonable fee for the privilege of that publisher taking a chance on you.

(I knew one author who got $20,000 and was happy. The book did ok and he sold some others at moderately higher fees.)

The hits come at the whim of the public.

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New York times has a bestseller list. Try their online newspaper.